We’ll begin by discussing various expressions of madness in King Lear, including demonic possession, waking dreams, and musical speech. Next, we’ll ask: When and why is Lear mad? How is madness ...

Or when King Lear looks into the abyss, his madness only expressed by the flow of the water.” Given the geopolitics, I can’t help but wonder if Korean interest in the mad dynastic dictatorship ...

all famous for their portrayals of Lear, used Tate’s version. In 1820, a few years before the death of King George III, it was felt that the situation of Shakespeare's mad monarch may have been ...

Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Before he bestows these gifts upon his daughters, he gives them a ...

Lear (Sir Laurence Olivier) is an aging King who wants to retire by abdicating to his three daughters. However, in an act of petty ego stroking, he asks them who amongst them loves him most.

A stage-to-screen film of King Lear, filmed in the round in Manchester. A brutal portrait of a man unravelling - pitted against his daughters, nature and the universe itself. Show more A stage-to ...